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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… wrought in the parishes adjoining. Red sandstone and freestone also exist, and the latter was formerly quarried; … been constructed; there are also extensive quarries of freestone and marble. The ancient forests of Ayrshire have …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… strata being formed of argillaceous slate, calcareous freestone, and ironstone. Pyrites and alum are plentiful, and … on which are some mills for the manufacture of paper; a freestone quarry has been worked in the vicinity for a number … on two estates in the parish, with success; whinstone and freestone are also found here, and, on the hill of Binarty, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… widow and wife of Lewis Thomas, 1663, mural monument of freestone with figures of man holding skull in hand, and wife …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century, and by 1835 the costs of building in brick and in freestone were clearly similar, for it was agreed that the … built in brick, and the last major building in the local freestone until c. 1900 was the tower of the parish church. … of brick, of three stories, with rusticated voussoirs of freestone to door and window heads, and with narrow strip …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is built in the Decorated style in Bletchingdon stone with freestone dressings. It comprises a chancel, nave of four … by Messrs. Derrick and Hickman of Oxford in 18358. 291 Freestone was provided by John, Earl of Shrewsbury, from the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and 'a uniform and handsome elevation with finishings of freestone'. The surviving facade is close enough to Danby's …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of 70,000; it is a spacious quadrilateral structure of freestone, in the Roman style of architecture, and contains a … lead-ore, and there are some fine quarries of limestone, freestone, gneiss, and granite. The best seats are, Gordon … lime-works, all of which produce lime of good quality. Freestone and whinstone are likewise abundant; of the former, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the church. Among other relics is a curious tablet of freestone, part of a monument, which the rector, the Rev. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… 1854); it is of two storeys, in coursed rubble with freestone dressings. Fig. 75 (97) 9 Barn Hill Front … the further with attics, of coursed rubble walls and freestone dressings. The front range has a central doorway …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of unsightly objects. The houses are built of white freestone, and have a very handsome appearance: the streets … clay, resting on a substratum of excellent lime and freestone. Barmbrough Hall, the former seat of the Cresacres … edifice in the early English style, built of flint and freestone, with a square tower of brick, having an octagonal …
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